So far college has been an amazing experience for me. I have learned things that have change the way I view the world. I have met people that have changed my life. I originally started college at a Women's College in Missouri. Upon arriving, I was shocked at how different it was from California. There were little or no trees and it was as flat as a pancake. My fellow class mates were from all over the country and even the world. I befriended several people from Zimbabwe, Ghana, Japan, France, and Sweden. The classes I took were quite challenging but I managed to pull off decent grades. My second semester was extremely rigorous and I struggled a little. Over the summer, I decided to take four classes at Sierra College during the summer so I could stay busy. It was rather difficult to balance all four classes, with one of them being an on-line health course for only seven weeks. However, somehow I managed to do it. I went back to Missouri once I completed the summer courses. It ended up being a fun semester but I decided that going there was much too expensive. Even though I had a couple scholarships I decided to save my college funds for when I transfer to the University of Hawai'i Kona next fall. So now I am taking a couple on line courses. I am living in Chicago with my mother's friend and managing my part time job.

I view education as a gift. It expands our minds on many different levels. However, you cannot learn simply by observing a closed book. You must take the effort to open it and feed the text to you brian, understand it and master it. I have always heard that the human brain craves knowledge. Thus, I reckon that knowledge is like brain food. So aside from focusing on psychology, which I plan to major in, I hope to gain knowledge, which is one of the bests gifts in the world. To me, getting a good grade on an exam or essay is better than any material possession.

High school was interesting and very stressful at first. But that is understandable as I was attending a huge high school. Once I adapted, things fell into place. It was in High school that I discovered my natural gift of speaking French, which eventually led me to meet my French exchange student. I was even able to visit her in France one summer. I originally went to Union Hill back in middle school and then transferred to Seven Hills for Junior High. I knew alot of kids and it was very interesting to see how everyone seemed to change. Overall, I did very well on my classes and have some memories that will be with me for the rest of my life.

Critical Question: How do the main factors that are relied upon to stay healthy reflect, effect determine one another?

Rationalism: the theory that reason is the foundation of certainty in knowledge

Anti-Rationalism: against the theory that reason is the foundation of certainty in knowledge

Fundalmentalism: strict maintenence of tradtional orthodox religious beliefs such as the literal truth of the bible